Wonder Valley, California, in the heart of the Mojave Desert, is a rural community of artists, musicians, and other desert dwellers. Visit the Palms Restaurant, the Glass Outhouse Gallery, and the Wonder Valley Community Center. Visit the beautiful Pinto and Bullion mountains. Minutes from Joshua Tree National Park and the Gateway to the Mojave Preserve.

Monday, October 17, 2016

Eden Solas, firestarter

Some of you might remember Eden Solas, who spent some time in Wonder Valley a year or two ago. Well, now she's up in the Pacific Northwest working with forestry (I'm a little hazy on the details). Here's her latest missive. They've got her starting forest fires!

"My season at the Madison Ranger District is coming to a close so they finally let me set some of the forest on fire. This is a prescribed burn to help the biologists isolate and propagate the white bark pine that they have found to be immune to the rust fungus. This fungus has been decimating the white bark pine whose pine cones are a major food source for grizzly bears. So to protect the forest, sometimes you gotta light it up. They let me use a Drip Torch!"